Cattle roam through the campground area of Lawson's Landing...they keep the weeds down and feed on the wild grasses that grow between the large sand mountains.
The Tomales Dunes are a 1,000 acre chunk of wildland at the head of Tomales Bay, owned by Mike Lawson and his family. Lawson operates a campground/trailer park on some of the property. less

Cattle roam through the campground area of Lawson's Landing...they keep the weeds down and feed on the wild grasses that grow between the large sand mountains.
The Tomales Dunes are a 1,000 acre chunk of ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, SFC

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In some places at Lawson's Landing it looks like a desert instead of the California coast.
The Tomales Dunes are a 1,000 acre chunk of wildland at the head of Tomales Bay, owned by Mike Lawson and his family. Lawson operates a campground/trailer park on some of the property...he is opposed by various north bay environmental organizations who want to take over the property. less

In some places at Lawson's Landing it looks like a desert instead of the California coast.
The Tomales Dunes are a 1,000 acre chunk of wildland at the head of Tomales Bay, owned by Mike Lawson and his family. ... more

Photo: Brant Ward, SFC

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Man arrested in slaying at Tomales Bay resort

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(03-20) 17:45 PDT WEST MARIN -- A 56-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a fatal shooting early Thursday at a fishing and camping resort at the mouth of Tomales Bay in Marin County, authorities said.

Ken Neville of Dillon Beach was arrested Thursday afternoon in the slaying of a 19-year-old victim. The victim, whose name has not been released, was reported shot at 2:30 a.m. in a trailer at Lawson's Landing at Dillon Beach, according to the county sheriff's office.

A 53-year-old man who had been detained for questioning was later released, said sheriff's Lt. Jamie Scardina. A gun was recovered, he said.

The victim had lived at the trailer off and on and knew the two other men, but the circumstances leading up to the shooting remained under investigation, Scardina said.

Deputies had responded to the same trailer in July, at which time someone there had been taken in for a psychiatric evaluation, Scardina said. Last month, one of the older men had called deputies, asking that the 19-year-old "not come around anymore," he said.

The resort has been the scene of violence in the past. In 2007, three men were arrested there in the beating death of a Santa Rosa man during a camping trip.